Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Masonic Hall North Bridge Street

Monkwearmouth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Masonic Hall North Bridge Street (M46.30)

NEWMP Ref No.: M46.30

Parish: Monkwearmouth

Original Location:

Williamson Lodge Masonic Hall, North Bridge Street, Monkwearmouth.

Present Location:

Wearside Masonic Hall, Burdon Road, Sunderland

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 11th November 1920 by W.Bro. Ald. J.G. Kirtley, dedicated by W. Bro. Rev. N.J. Burgess P.P.G., Chaplain.

Materials Used:

Framed scroll

Inscription:

Roll of Honour

To the memory of our Brethren
who served their King and Country
in the Great War 1914-1919
(Names)
1914 Deus Rex Patria 1919

Memorial Description:

Plaque, with heavy gilded and ornamented frame.

The plaque is painted in classical design with two pillars surmounted by a terrestrial globe and a celestial globe.

These create three separate panels, with swags of flowers across the top of all three.

Outer panels contain names in a single columns for (left) Benedict Biscop Lodge 2975 and (right) Amity Lodge 3193. The central panel contains names from Williamson Lodge 949 in three columns.

The names of those who died are in the box at the top of the relevant column.

Names:

126 surnames and initials from Williamson Lodge,
28 surnames and initials names from Benet Biscop
47 surnames and initials from Amity Lodge.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The names include those of eleven Williamson members who made the supreme sacrifice and 115 who returned from their service, The Benedict Biscop Lodge lost one member and 27 returned, and Amity Lodge mourn five members and 42 have returned.

2. The Latin words translate as “God, King, Country”

3. Prior to its erection, the memorial was exhibited in the window of W.H. Turner & Co., Bridge Street.

4. The Burdon Road building was sold in 2006 but the Freemasons continue to use this part of the building.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; R. Riddell; James Pasby

Provincial Gazette
December 1920 records unveiling.

Northern Echo
08/11/1920 reports proposed unveiling;
12/11/1920 reports unveiling.

Sunderland Echo
05/11/1920 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Roland Riddell;
Alan Vickers;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teasdale;
Library and Museum Province of Durham Sunderland

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Names Documents:

SUNDERLAND   Williamson Lodge Masonic Hall Monkwearmouth

 

 Roll of Honour

 To the memory of our Brethren

 who served their King and Country

 in the

 Great War 1914-1919

————————————

Left hand column

 Lodge

 Benedict Biscop

 No. 2975

 Lacon, F.W.  Killed in Action

 —————————————

 Amey, H.D.

 Alsop, D.T.

 Anderson, J.A.

 Armitage, J.G.

 Birrell, H.

 Birtley, J.T.

 Curle, C.

 Dawson, T.F.

 Flowers, M.S.

 Humphrey, W.M.

 Hood, H.C.

 Hewison, H.H.

 Juniper, S.K.

 Lonsdale, M.

 Lacon, G.

 Leckonby, T.E.

 Maddison, J.

 Price, W.

 Rose, J.G.

 Robinson, J.G.

 Smyth, E.

 Stephenson, E.

 Scarfe, C.L.

 Urwin, S.

 Weatherhead, E.D.

 Wilkin, J.W.

 Williams, W.A.F.

  

————————————

Central three columns  

 Williamson Lodge

 949                                       

 Almond, C.P.      Killed in Action  Erickson, E.A.  Killed in Action  Manning, W.J.   Lost at Sea

 Craig, A.         ”      ”  ”       Gibson, A.W.    ”      ”  ”       Neate, W.J.     ”    ”  “

 Crichton, J.M.S.  ”      ”  ”       Kennedy, W.J.   Lost at Sea       Philipson, R.D. ”    ”  ”

 Doxford, J.W.     ”      ”  ”                                         Tilley, A.B.    Killed in Action

——————————————————————————————————–

 Adamson, F.L.                       Harrison, T.D.                    Rayner, C.A.

 Alexander, J.C.                     Henderson, Geo.                   Rendall, R.M.

 Allon, W.H.                         Heppell, H.                       Robson, F.H.

 Almond, A.N.                        Hinds, G.A.                       Rudland, H.

 Anderson, W.T.K.                    Hopper, M.                        Sember, A.

 Amiss, J.A.                         Hudson, D.                        Sharer, P.S.

 Atlay, T.A.                         Hunt, E.P.                        Sheriff, J.W.

 Beattie, G.W.                       Hunt, H.                          Simpson, J.B.

 Best, W.R.                          Hunter, M.                        Short, J.H.

 Bloom, T.R.                         Jackson, N.S.                     Smiles, A.R.

 Brien, J.R.                         Jackson, J.J.                     Smith, Alex.

 Brown, Wm.                          Jeffrey, D. Jr.                   Snowdon, A.

 Carr, J.                            Jeffrey, W.S.                     Stell, J.

 Cook, E.B.                          Jones, E.B. Jr.                   Stephenson, C.N.

 Cook, C.F.                          Jones, W.                         Stephenson, —

 Cooke, R.P.                         Joyce, M.                         Taylor, H.

 Caxon, J.                           Knowles, J.                       Taylor, H.L.

 Crichton, A.J.                      Knox, W.H.                        Thirlwell, F.

 Day, J.N.                           Lamb, T.W.                        Thirlwell, W.E.

 Defty, H.M.                         Lautebach, E.H.                   Thompson, G.W.

 Dix, J.F.                           Leary, D.                         Thompson, W.

 Dobbing, A.E.                       Lindsley, T.                      Turnbull, J.N.

 Dodds, G.F.                         Lonsdale, J.R.                    Turner, C.

 Donkin, R.                          Lyall, W.                         Turner, R.

 Duff, H.                            Markham, A.                       Turner, Roland

 Ellis, J.W.                         Martin, W.A.                      Wade, Saml.

 Ellis, John                         McCubbing, W.J.                   Wallace, J.

 Embleton, W.                        McFarlane, J.                     Ward, C.H.

 Erikson, O.M.                       Miller, D.                        Ward, T.H.

 Ford, Geo.                          Moon, J.                          Webb, Ike

 Fox, G.L.                           Newton, T.H.                      Wetherall, R.H.

 Glasgow, P.                         Parker, T.                        Widnall, Geo.

 Graham, E.A.                        Parkes, L.G.D.                    Wilkinson, T.N.

 Gray, J.G.W.                        Ponting, Jas.                     Willis, T.R.

 Greenhalgh, A.C.                    Potts, J.H.                       Wishart, J.

 Grieveson, W.C.                     Potts, F.W.                       Wood, Geo.

 Harrison, J.                        Prior, J.M.                       Wynn, R.

 Harrison, A.E.                      Proctor, F.S.                     Young, Percy

                                     Purvis, Tom

  

————————————————————————————-

Right hand column

 Amity Lodge

 No. 3193

  

 Bennett, A.E.  Lost at Sea

 Read, W.       ”    ”  “

 Crowther, C.H. ”    ”  “

 Sanderson, E.  Died

 Storey, J.D.   Lost at Sea

 —————————–

 Aitchison, F.

 Anderson, W. Jr.

 Anderson, N.

 Anderson, H.T.

 Burdon, W.

 Burn, R.G.

 Black, G.

 Cooper, P.G.

 Chapman, W.E.

 Coulthard, J.

 Clough, E.

 Daly, D.G.

 Eggert, J.

 Elliott, J.W.

 Frank, E.

 Findlay, J.T.

 Gordon, A.S.

 Hays, J.W.

 Habgood, J.

 Hodgson, R.

 Hogg, H.S.A.

 King, S.

 Kirkaldy, P.

 Kinley, J.R.

 Lambert, G.

 Logan, J.

 Marshall, B.E.

 Mann, C.A.

 Moffatt, T.H.

 Musk, S.

 Phillipson, F.

 Richwood, G.

 Senior, E.

 Stewart, P.

 Tait, E.V.

 Thompson, J.

 Watson, J.R.

 Whitfield, G.A.

 White, L.R,

 Winpenny, V.F.

 Wright, C.H.

 Younger, D.H.

  

 1914 Deus Rex Patria 1919

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